““And they were all …
exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but
behold, this was not all—they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever
thing they were entrusted.
“Yea, they
were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the
commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him’ (Alma 53:20–21).
“Do you have the faith and continuing commitment to demonstrate
the principles of the gospel in your own lives, consistently? … Do you, like
the pioneers, have the courage and the consistency to be true to the faith and
to endure to the end?
…The faith, commitment, and courage of [the pioneers] is an example
to all of us. These…qualities and the others I have mentioned—integrity,
inclusion, cooperation, unity, unselfishness, sacrifice, and obedience—are as
vital today as when they guided the actions of our pioneer forebears, early and
modern.”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Following The Pioneers”, October 1997
General Conference
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